EXAMS: WHAT TO KNOW
• Relates to: Solaris 8 SCSA
System Concepts
Understand the terms daemons, shell, file
system, kernel, operating system and know how to use man pages
The Boot Prom
Recover from a hung system and work with
aliases in the boot PROM
Installation
Familiarize yourself with the
installation requirements of Solaris™ 8. Be able to use package and patch
administration commands
Initialization and
Shutdown
Know all Solaris run levels, and know the
scripts that are executed as a system is started or shut down
User Administration
Know the basics of user administration,
including logging on, shell environments, changing passwords, and creating and
removing users from the system
Security
Understand file permissions, and how to
create and destroy file ACLs
Process Control
Know how to identify and control system
processes. Use built-in utilities for process management
File Systems
Understand the differences between file
systems, and know how to identify special system files
Files and Directories
Differentiate between regular files,
directories, symbolic links, device files, and hard links
The Boot Process
Be able to identify events that occur
during the system boot process
Disk Configuration
Use utilities for adding new devices to
the system
Format
Use the format command to partition a new
or existing disk
Backup and Recovery
Use built-in utilities to backup and
restore a UNIX filesystem
Basic Command Syntax
Know how to navigate a file and directory
tree
Editor
Use the vi editor to successfully create
and edit text files
Remote Connection
Know how to access a Solaris system from
over the network
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